Movies Reviews
Save the Last Dance (2001)
Save the Last Dance, directed by Thomas Carter is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for violence, sexual content, language and brief drug references. The original release date was January 12, 2001 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Drama/Music/Romance and stars …
Nicholas Nickleby Movie
“Nicholas Nickleby” starring Charlie Hunnam is a fairly decent adaptation of Charles Dickens’s novel, although a lot has been left out due to time constraints. Mini-series work much better to translate Dickens’s 800-900 pages long masterpieces to the screen.
Charlie Hunnam plays the 18 year old Nicholas, a young man …
The Purple Rose of Cairo,1985 movie
Cecilia (Mia Farrow), a lonely, unhappily married woman, seeks escape in movies. One particular film, “The Purple Rose of Cairo,” becomes her favorite. She comes to see it so often that one of the characters in the movie, Tom Baxter (Jeff Daniels), notices her and, driven by curiosity, leaves …
Four Brothers
“Four Brothers” is an interesting movie with a good story to tell however I feel that the script lacks that extra something to make it gripping. This is one of Mark Wahlberg’s movie were although his interpretation was good, it failed to be as great as other interesting roles …
The Last Samurai
The Last Samurai is an epic film, where Tom Cruise plays the Captain Nathan Algre, in a scenario of the year of 1876. He is a American Civil War hero that was hired by the Japanese Emperor to train the new modern army in modern fighting styles and to …
The Wood (1999)
Three best friends from Inglewood, California recount the days of their childhood as one of their friends is about to get married. They reminisce of good and bad times that drew them closer together as friends. When the groom best MIA, they set out to find him and take …
Bangkok Dangerous
Oh brother, we come back. A professional assassin cruel years of his career, suddenly developed a conscience. He decides on the black child on the street, which has been supporting the naive and a little under his wings. Fully determined to put an end to his secret life of …
Rush Hour
I am reviewing the movie, Rush Hour starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker. In this first movie of the two, Chris plays Carter, a loudmouth, no nonsense, comedic cop. He uses his energy to track down drug lords and put them behind bars. He receives an assignment …
Bye Bye Birdie
I finally got an opportunity to see the classic musical Bye Bye Birdie. While I normally enjoy movies like this one, I have to say I wasn’t overly impressed.
The plot of the musical isn’t bad. You have a famous singer who has been drafted and is heading off to …
Movie “Eyes Wide Shut” (1999)
“Eyes Wide Shut” is a sensuous, erotic, scary movie. It is the story of a New York couple the Harfords and their sexual experiences over a couple of days. Mrs. Harford admits a desire to have an affair the previous year and experiences sexual fantasies about the man throughout …
Toy Story 3
For those of you that grew up with the magic of Pixar, you most definitely know of the many adventures of toy legends, Woody the cowboy and Buzz Lightyear, the space ranger and all their companions. I speak of the first ever Pixar computer generated animation film, Toy Story.
Now …
Remember Me (2010)
I will start by saying the film “Remember Me”, starring Robert Pattinson, Pierce Brosnan, Chris Cooper, and Emilie de Ravin, is surprisingly good. On the surface, it contains a cliche plot, one of a boy who dates a girl to get back at someone else but ultimately falls …
Man On Fire
Man On Fire stars Denzel Washington, Christopher Walken, and Dakota Fanning. This is an exceptional film that dealt with the serious issue of the kidnapping business in Mexico, yet did so in a very warm manner.
How do you make a great film about any subject? …
Dead Like Me: The Escape Artist
What I liked most about Dead Like Me: The Escape Artist is one of the scenes at the end. Barbara Barrie appears again as Joy’s mother. The two don’t get along very well, but yet at the end, they share a calm moment. The really good …
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Film )
So instead of reviewing “music” exclusively, I decided perhaps I could try reviewing movies too, since I’m basically a huge movie fan too! And perhaps, as I’m hoping, my film reviews will be as much as valuable for this site too. This review is spoiler-free.
I watched “Me and Earl …
Swept Away (2002)
Swept Away, directed by Buy Ritchie is rated R by the Motion Picture Associationof America for language and some sexuality/nudity. The original release date for the movie was October 11, 2002 for United States audiences. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy/Drama/Romance and stars Bruce Greenwood as Anthony …
D3 The Mighty Ducks
D3 The Mighty Ducks is the third installment of Disney’s The Mighty Ducks. It starred Emilio Estevez and Joshua Jackson. The group are back ready for highschool, Edan Hall University. They received a scholarship after winning from Team Iceland. All team minus the original Coach Bombay with new …
Howard the Duck
This is a movie made by George Lucas. Truthfully, I didn’t know that George Lucas had made any other movies besides the Star Wars ones. The cover looked kind of strange, with this big duck on it and I was unsure what the movie was about. Anyway, I checked …
Movie 17 Again
I recently ordered 17 Again from Netflix. I had mixed feelings about it. It was mildly entertaining with some cute parts, and I am a big fan of Michelle Trachtenburg, who plays the main character Mike’s daughter. Otherwise, the movie was a little cheesy and unrealistic. …
Movie Shutter (2008)
I watched only half of the portion on the Thai horror version of Shutter and didn’t complete it because I got a bit bored. But the 2008 version of Shutter really got me out of my mind scared. I decided to give watching it a shot although I …
Shutter : Hollywood Version
I love Asian movies ever since I watched some of the Chinese comedy and the Korean horrors! I guess you can never really say that only Hollywood makes the best movies in the world. Shutter is one of the horror films I love. Believe me as I say that …
Last Action Hero (1993)
Last Action Hero, directed by John McTiernan is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was June 18, 1993 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Adventure/Comedy/Fantasy and stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as Jack Slater, F. Murray Abraham as John …
Donnie Darko movie
The most refreshing american film from recent years was made by a young independent filmmaker named Richard Kelly. His style, both in the visual aspect and with the narrative, is like a mixture between David Lynch and something completely new. It’s a dreamlike film about the teenage boy Donnie …
Open Range
There are not that many western made these days and when you see one that is recent I normally like to see an actor that I appreciate.
I like Robert Duvall, and I like Kevin Costner and I adore Annette Beinning. A few years ago this western came …
LadyHawke film
LadyHawke is one of Matthew Broderick’s better films even though most people probably haven’t seen it.
The movie is full of medieval fantasy and magic as he tries to help a couple that is cursed. The woman is a hawk by day and the man a wolf by night, keeping …
The Imitation Game (historical thriller)
After seeing it nominated for so many awards, I just knew that I had to see the movie “The Imitation Game”. While the reviews I had read about it on the internet seemed to be mixed, I found myself agreeing with those people who claimed that it was one of …
Angel Heart movie
A private detective named Harry is hired to find a man who is supposed to be in a hospital somewhere with amnesia. The strange thing is that everyone connected to the man, who would have some information to supply Harry with, all dies for mysterious reasons.
This is not a …
The Movie Dinner for Schmucks
When I saw the previews for “Dinner For Shmucks” I was really excited. The previews had me laughing so hard so I thought that because the previews were funny then the movie must be funny. However, after paying to see this movie I have to say that …
Hoodwinked movie
When I first saw the previews for Hoodwinked on television I thought it would be a lousy film. But, after giving it a try, I now feel it is a movie I would be glad to add to my collection.
Giving “The Other Story” to the Little Red Riding Hood …
P2: Killer in a Parking Garage?
This has some spoilers, but believe me it is not that great of a movie, the spoilers will not be what ruins the movie, trust me.
My friend brought this movie out as something her mom had gotten from somebody at work, and said it was apparently supposed to …
Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World’s End
Pirates 1 and 2 were sufficient movies, but perhaps they were riding too much on the originality factor. Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World’s End really feels done before. With the same cast of characters, and dozens more, Pirates 3 seems like a 3 hour family reunion during …
A Walk to Remember
“Tearjerker.” That’s how many people describe the movie adaptation of the popular novel by Nicholas Sparks, featuring pop princess Mandy Moore and TV cutie Shane West.
But unlike the novel version that is set in the 1950’s, the movie version was set in a more recent time of 1998, probably …
Angoor Movie
Angoor - Movie Review : Angoor (meaning rapes) has been directed by great filmmaker Gulzar. It is based on Shakespere’s Comedy of Errors. The story is about two persons, a master and his servant, who have their twins in the same city, and are mistaken as themselves. The …
The Road (John Hillcoat, 2010) movie
This is one of those movies that I would rate pretty highly, but can’t actually recommend. You would recommend a film by saying something like “Yeh, it’s great - go see it.” or ‘Yeh, it’s really funny” or “Yeh, it’s really romantic and sweet” etc etc.
For The Road I …
Goodfellas (1990)
Goodfellas (1990) is a drama directed by Matrin Scorsese and is rated R by the MPAA.
Goodfellas is the story of the life of Henry Hill (Ray Liotta), an aspiring criminal who ended up in the witness protection program for ratting on his former partners to save himself. He …
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 3
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood’s third episode may feel very nostalgic to viewers who watched the first Fullmetal Alchemist series. The Elric Brothers are in the town of Liore, investigating Father Cornello and his “miraculous works” that he performs with what appears to be a Philosopher’s Stone, the legendary amplifier …
August Rush movie
August Rush is a movie about a young female musical prodigy named Lyla Novack (Keri Russell) who one evening fell for a talented musician Louis Connely (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) who sang and played guitar in a band. They were together for one night and fell in love, and …
Mega Snake (movie)
The film “Mega Snake” is something that can be considered as yet another one of those Syfy original creature horror films. Like quite a few of its b—“rated film predecessors that I have struggled to watch over the years, this one was also B-rated and low budget and I …
Scent of a Woman
This is one of Hollywood’s classic movies which tackles a very difficult argument about living life to the full and suicides. What I really like about this movie is Al Pacino excellent performance of the role Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade. It is no doubt that he won the Oscar …
The Cutting Edge
I’ve seen this movie so many times that I can recite some of the dialogues already. The Cutting Edge is actually one of my most favorite romantic movies of all time. I never get tired of watching
it. It’s a story about a young and talented hockey player, Doug, (D.B. …
The incredible hulk
The Incredible Hulk is the second movie in the Hulk series. It was released in 2008. This movie is based on the comic series character the hulk. This movie is a much watch for the people who have already been reading the hulk comics. However people who have never …
Film “The Carriers” (2009)
The opening scene of carriers is a group of young people driving down the road drinking. We find out they are following some sort of code of rules they made up but not why. They soon come upon a car that is stopped and begging for gas. …
Profession: Reporter movie
Profession: Reporter is the impressive thriller by Michelangelo Antonioni. Jack Nicholson stars as the journalist who gets drawn into a mysterious league of corruption on a high political level.
Antonioni here uses the same style of mysticism as in is masterpiece Blow Up, but not on the same level. Jack …
Ghost Hunters
I have been watching Ghost Hunters since it stated in 2004 and still enjoy it. Two ordinary men, their real jobs are as plumbers, hunt ghosts by night. It is on the SciFi Wednesdays at 9:00 PM There is nothing fictional about it, it is …
Deja Vu
Deja Vu was another movie I was looking forward to having the opportunity to see. I enjoy watching Denzel Washington movies and figured this one would be the same way. It was a good movie too. It was at least as good as I thought it would be, but …
Weird Science
The last time I watched the movie Weird Science, I was 12 years old and, while I understood some of what was going on, I�ll admit most of the stuff was a bit confusing.
So, when I found it on one of my premium movie channels the other day, I …
The Stepford Wives movie
Joanne and Walter moves to the little peaceful town called Stepford, and everything seems to be in perfect harmony. Joanne is a little bit worried though, when it seems all women in the town are constantly in their homes and taking care of their husbands.
A very unpleasant film to …
Silver Streak Movie
Silver Streak is one of my favorite movies. It turned 30 years old this year, but is still fresh and fun to watch. I just watched it again just a few minutes ago and laughed and enjoyed it as if were the first time I’d seen it.
I fell in …
Valentine movie
Valentine with David Boreanaz and Denise Richards.
This horror clone of Friday the 13th is an entertaining flick, but since it has been preceded by many similar works of the same pattern it loses its attraction. Generate an unknown masked killer with a grudge. Insert …
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